MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 12th 2019
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Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Evangelical churches advancing in Argentina, even in Francis former archdiocese
The pastor's voice bellows through an old converted cinema in a rundown Buenos Aires barrio and hundreds of hands reach out in prayer. Though not a typical place of worship, Evangelical churches like this one are sprouting up all over Pope Francis' former archdiocese, as once staunchly Catholic Argentina battles an economic crisis that has plunged more than one-third of the nation into poverty.
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Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
American Airlines and Gol negotiating a partnership to counter Delta/Latam deal
American Airlines Group Inc and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA are negotiating a “partnership” that could “integrate flights between the two airlines in Latin America,” a newspaper reported on Friday.
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Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Nobel Peace Prize for Ethiopian prime minister who ended decades of hostility with neighboring Eritrea
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea.
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Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Fed announces supply of reserves plan to avoid “cash crunches”
The Federal Reserve has announced a new program to boost liquidity in the US financial plumbing and allow the central bank to better manage interest rates, but without changing monetary policy.
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Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Measles and “immunization gap” causing an alarming upsurge of the disease
Measles is staging a devastating comeback in epidemics across the world as the virus exploits dangerous gaps in vaccination coverage, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said.
